Re: [linux-lvm] Why can't I get more bandwidth by adding more disks?

From: "STEFANG(GMX)" <sgiessler gmx net>

To: linux-lvm sistina com

Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Why can't I get more bandwidth by adding more disks?

Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 21:15:48 +0200

Hallo list,
on Fri, 10 Aug 2001, James Mello (kingjamm colltech com) wrote:
> In this case instead of writing seqentially, you can use an a random call
> followed by an fseek to write a block or block(s) to a relatively random
> location. If I can get some time, I'll try to write something up. But I'd
> venture to say that someone out there has written a tool that already does
> this. Perhaps a google search may be in order.
If you don't mind, to do the test's on a filesystem (instead of raw
IO) you can use bonnie. Raw IO benchmarks usually only matter for
Databases installed on raw devices... For practical considerations
a filesystem and bonnie seem more appropriate.
CU,
Stefan
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